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24 December, 12:08

Vasguez Corporation had a 1/1/20 balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $20,000 CR. During 2020, it wrote off $14,400 of accounts and collected $4,200 on accounts previously written off. The balance in Accounts Receivable was $400,000 at 1/1/20 and $480,000 at 12/31/20. At 12/31/20, Vasguez estimates that 5% of accounts receivable will prove to be uncollectible. What is Bad Debt Expense for 2020?

a. $14,200

b. $24,000

c. $18,400

d. $4,000

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  1. 24 December, 12:28
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    a. $14,200

    Explanation:

    The computation of the bad debt expense is shown below:

    Balance in Allowance for doubtful Accounts = Opening Balance in Allowance for Doubtful Account - Accounts Wrote Off + Bad debts recovered

    = $20,000 - $11,400 + $4,200

    = $9,800

    And, Closing Balance is

    = $480,000 * 5%

    = $24,000

    So, the bad debt expense is

    = $24,000 - $9,800

    = $14,200

    We simply applied the above calculations
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